{"id":33464,"date":"2012-06-13T16:00:49","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T20:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=33464"},"modified":"2012-06-13T14:38:06","modified_gmt":"2012-06-13T18:38:06","slug":"watch-dorothy-parker-%e2%80%9creads%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/13\/watch-dorothy-parker-%e2%80%9creads%e2%80%9d\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Dorothy Parker \u201cReads\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have long been intrigued, fascinated, and terrified by the ingenious work by the folks behind<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/poetryreincarnations\" target=\"_blank\"> Poetry Reincarnations.<\/a> While the reincarnated<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6K28bAbkkt4&amp;feature=relmfu\" target=\"_blank\"> Walt Whitman<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HQ5_y_6CkP4&amp;list=UUZT0grhJ-VQDPLoV14F-ivQ&amp;index=2&amp;feature=plcp\" target=\"_blank\">the Ruined Maid <\/a>deserve mention, in honor of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/08\/see-you-there-paris-review-at-the-strand\/\"> tonight\u2019s Strand event<\/a>, we bring you Dorothy Parker \u201creciting\u201d \u201cOne Perfect Rose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hd2DGahJQ7A\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have long been intrigued, fascinated, and terrified by the ingenious work by the folks behind Poetry Reincarnations. 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